Tsavo Neal
APRIL 13, 2017
What’s one big difference between a global consulting firm and a small consulting firm? Global corporations have massive budgets. They can afford the best of the best. They can hire top designers for their marketing materials and assets such as their website. Small consulting firms and independent consultants don’t have the same sized marketing budget.
Harvard Business
APRIL 13, 2017
A recent New York Times article on how Uber is using various insights from behavioral economics to push, or nudge, its drivers to pick up more fares — sometimes with little benefit to them — has generated quite a bit of criticism of Uber. It’s just one of several stories of late that have cast the company in a poor light. When I read the piece, it reminded me of a question executives often ask me when I talk to them about the benefits of behavioral economics or give them exampl
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MishTalk
APRIL 13, 2017
Albert Edwards at Society General commented today on Central Bank Hubris, deflation, and the flattening of the US yield curve. Here are some email snips. (more…).
BCG
APRIL 13, 2017
Article Thursday, April 13, 2017 Social mission organizations use many “soft levers” to catalyze transformational change. Leaders spur action by creating a shared sense of purpose, fostering a strong sense of urgency, and taking great pains to gain agreement among a wide variety of stakeholders. Business executives can learn much from these tactics.
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Harvard Business
APRIL 13, 2017
The idea of “work-life balance” is an invention of the mid-19 th century. The notion of cultivating awareness of one’s work versus one’s pleasure emerged when the word “leisure” caught on in Europe in the Industrial Era. Work became separate from “life” (at least for a certain class of men) and we’ve been struggling to juggle them ever since.
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Harvard Business
APRIL 13, 2017
Seamus (not his real name) was having a rough time at work. An attorney at a large firm, he lost a big trial that the company had invested heavily in. He was relieved when the company still offered him the promotion he’d been working toward — but he then had to turn down the role because it would have required him to relocate. After that things changed in the atmosphere of the office; he could sense people acting differently toward him even though no one said anything to him directly
MishTalk
APRIL 13, 2017
Wholesale prices show continued weakness, especially services. The BLS reports PPI for Final Demand Declines 0.1% in March. Services and goods both decreased by 0.1%. Y. Year-over-year prices are up by 2.3% but that is based on easy comparisons and it also includes a big jump in oil prices which barely filtered through. (more…).
Harvard Business
APRIL 13, 2017
Turkish people love to boast about their hospitality. In our culture, people consider it the height of ill manners not to offer tea to guests. When civil war broke out in Syria and refugees started crossing the border, Turkish officials proclaimed that the country was welcoming Muslim brothers fleeing the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime. This approach was built upon the premise that the al-Assad regime would collapse relatively quickly, allowing Syrians to return home.
MishTalk
APRIL 13, 2017
In response to Secret Recording Implicates Bank of England in Libor Rigging I received an email from a UK reader working closely with a financial institution during the crisis. (more…).
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Harvard Business
APRIL 13, 2017
Scott D. Anthony, Innosight managing partner, discusses why established corporations should be better at handling disruptive threats. He lays out a practical approach to transform a company’s existing business while creating future business. It hinges on a “capabilities link,” which means using corporate assets—that startups don’t have—to fight unfairly.
MishTalk
APRIL 13, 2017
The Econoday parrot is once again squawking about consumer sentiment, long after any correlation between sentiment and consumer spending has been disproved. (more…).
Martinka Consulting
APRIL 13, 2017
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Harvard Business
APRIL 13, 2017
Twenty five years ago Steve Hughes, now the CEO of Sunrise Strategic Partners, was walking through an orange juice plant when he had an epiphany that turned into a $500 million business. Hughes had just become executive vice-president of Tropicana, and he was touring facilities to try to learn about the business. He was in a plant and noticed some of the workers on a break.
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MBO Partners
APRIL 13, 2017
As an independent contractor, a risky business decision can carry particularly large consequences. Learn how to evaluate risk and make more informed decisions.
Harvard Business
APRIL 13, 2017
Cognitive computing and artificial intelligence (AI) are spawning what many are calling a new type of industrial revolution. While both technologies refer to the same process, there is a slight nuance to each. To be specific, cognitive uses a suite of many technologies that are designed to augment the cognitive capabilities of a human mind. A cognitive system can perceive and infer, reason and learn.
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